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'Forgive me please, give us peace'
The parents of a dead baby could be heard talking about how the infant could have been fatally injured in intercepted conversations played to the Court.
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Smacking law march aims to be big
A property manager who is spending $450,000 on a march against the smacking law hopes it will be the biggest protest march in NZ history.
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March to call for action on smacking referendum
A march to protest the Govt's lack of action following the so-called anti-smacking referendum has been announced.
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Badly hurt baby boy known to CYF
A 4-month-old baby boy in a critical but stable condition in the Starship hospital is known to Child, Youth and Family.
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Baby Tahani's mother had post-natal depression, court told
A doctor said many factors contributed to the post-natal depression of a woman charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life for her baby.
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Police bugged dead baby's parents
A couple accused over the death of their daughter were caught "coaching" their other child on how to answer questions about it, a court has heard.
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Man threw daughter, killed her, court hears
A man "violently" forced his baby daughter's head against an "unforgiving" hard surface that left her brain damaged and killed her, a court hears.
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Spotlight on UK sex offenders
Child sex abuse by women is more widespread than realised, say experts, who believe there could be 64,000 female offenders in Britain.
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Roman Polanski arrested over underage sex
Swiss authorities have arrested film director Roman Polanski for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
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'Appallingly bad' father jailed
A judge jails a man he calls 'an appallingly bad father' for assaulting and neglecting his children.
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Abused boy's new carer also on assault charges
An aunt caring for a young boy severely beaten up by his mother is to appear in court today facing multiple charges of assaulting a child.